The Tennessee Democratic U.S. Senate Primary

By Kleinheider Posted on July 18, 2008 at 7:30 am

Chris Sanders asserts the race, covered mostly in the blogosphere, will be a test, on a small scale, of the role of money in politics:

If it weren’t for blogs, I’m not sure anyone would be paying attention to the primary. In the end, I think nothing overwhelmingly positive or negative stuck to either candidate in the public’s imagination. So we are left with Bob Tuke’s fundraising advantage and Mike Padgett’s concerted effort to be everywhere.

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Tags: blogs, Bob Tuke, Mike Padgett, Money  

The Change In The Game

By Kleinheider Posted on April 18, 2008 at 3:05 pm

National Journal explores the new dynamic blogs and viral video have given political campaigns:

Campaigns understand that the quirky electronic new-media platforms can easily spark coverage or help candidates play defense against rivals. Online news aggregators collect establishment reporting but are willing to be guided by what’s popular. Many blogs mix opinion with reporting and analysis. And a handful of cliquish, minutia-obsessed political websites follow hour-by-hour developments in polling, horse race predictions, and he-said/she-said sparring among rival candidates.

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Tags: blogs, the Internet as a destructive force in civil discourse, YouTube